2007 Oracle Awards Winner

National Storytelling Network Announces the 2007 Oracle Award Winners

Congratulations to the 2007 recipients of the National Storytelling Network's Oracle Awards.  Recipients are nominated by members of NSN and selected by an Awards Committee. Regional Award winners are voted on by state liaisons. Awards are given in 4 categories to those who have made significant contributions to storytelling as an art form.

The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to individuals in the storytelling community who have dedicated their lives to the art form of storytelling and who have demonstrated meritorious service to the National Storytelling Network, as well as to the community of storytellers at large. The individuals who are nominated should be those who have expanded public awareness of the art of storytelling by virtue of their preservation of traditional art forms or the significant originality of their body of work. 

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The Distinguished National Service Award is presented to those individuals, members or groups who contribute their time and energy in an exemplary manner on the national level to forward the work of the National Storytelling Network.

	Loren Niemi Loren Niemi
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The Circle of Excellence Award is presented to artists who are recognized by their peers to be master storytellers who set the standards for excellence and have demonstrated, over a significant period of time, a commitment and dedication to the art of storytelling.

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	Beth Horner Beth Horner

 

	Baba Jamal Koram

 

	Dovie Thomason

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regional Leadership and Service Award is presented to individuals or organizations that have made a significant contribution to their local or regional storytelling community and/or have used storytelling to make a significant contribution to the larger community in which they live. 

Mid-Atlantic Region

 

	Daisy Howard-Douglas Daisy Howard-Douglas

 

North Central Region

 

	Lynette Ford

  

Northeast Region

	The Storycrafters: Jeri Burns & Gary Marshall

Pacific Region

	Jeff Gere

South Central Region

	Fran Stallings Fran Stallings

 

Southeast Region

	Carrie Sue Ayvar

 

Western Region

	Sean Buvala

Go to the Oracle Awards Program main page.